CONTROL BOARDS

Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1927, Page 1

CONTROL BOARDS

COMMERCIAL WEEKLY'S VERDICT. LONDON, May 26. The following comment appears in to-day's “Manchester Guardian Commercial'’ of the working of New Zealand Control Boards: — “It appears, then, that the New Zealand Dairy Producers’ Board have decided to abandon attempts to control prices, and to work in the normal commercial way through established marketing organisations on this side. The urge to control their produce as almost world-wide among agricultural producers towards the end of 1021. hut in few (.outlines did it iviv'ivo oi now lion;;. In New Zealand a control of meat was first established, and this Wits followed a little later by control of dairy produce. The hoard which controlled meat, though it eouteui-plati-d. never attempted to take charge of marketing, hut the Dairy I 'reduce Board scents to haw had the idea that, it could regulate supplies and also fix a minimum selling pricy The board antagonised looiey Street, and as a. result of its policy had large quantities of butter left nil. its baud' in London. Us power of control

though mi Li ni i tod in Now Zealand. r»a.. clecitlodly limited in this country been uso of hhe large supplies of dairy produce received I min such alternatiic sources as Denmark, Siberia and Argentina. These supplies have increased since 1921.. because the price of hoef proving so unsntisl'iictory there was a general tendency in agricultural countries to turn from heel' to nnlk production. Apart from this price experiment. the Dairy Board, as well as the Meat Board, have a good deal of useful work for the New Zealand farming community.